Faceworld: The Face in the 21st Century // Marion Zilio

192 pages, PUF, 2018

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"Highly convincing"

Aesthetica

"Fascinating"

Art Quarterly

Her account of this history culminates in a radical new interrogation of what is too often denounced as our contemporary narcissism. In fact, argues Zilio, the “narcissism” of the selfie may well reconnect us to the deepest sources of the human manufacture of faces—a reconnection that would also be a chance for us to come to terms with the non-human part of ourselves.

For more information: https://www.puf.com/content/Faceworld

English edition: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=faceworld--9781509537259

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